Bentley University senior forward Beth Maguire (Medfield/Medfield HS) has been selected to the 2012 National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division II All-America second team, which was announced Tuesday.

Bentley University seniors Nicole Dion (Lunenburg/Lunenburg HS) and Beth Maguire (Medfield/Medfield HS) have been selected to participate in the 2012 National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division II North-South All-Star Game. The game will be held Saturday at 2 pm at UMass-Lowell as part of the NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship weekend.

Bentley University senior and All-Northeast-10 forward Beth Maguire (Medfield/Medfield HS) scored the game’s first goal and the last one, but it wasn’t enough as second-seeded Merrimack College topped the third-seeded Falcons 3-2 in the first round of the NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championships Saturday night at Martone-Mejail Field.

A berth in the national semifinals next weekend will be at stake when the Bentley University Falcons visit Merrimack College Saturday night (6:30 pm) for a first-round game in the 2012 NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championships.

After a two-year absence, the Bentley University Falcons are back in the NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championships. Coach Jessica Spencer’s team was seeded third in the North Region and will play a first-round game at number two Merrimack College Saturday evening at 6:30 pm.

Bentley University’s seven-game winning streak and its hopes of capturing the 2012 Northeast-10 Conference field hockey championship ended Saturday when the second-seeded Falcons dropped a 1-0 decision to third-seeded UMass-Lowell at Merrimack College’s Martone-Mejail Field.

A week after closing out the regular season with a seven-game winning streak, the Bentley University Falcons will begin their bid for their first Northeast-10 Conference playoff title since 2009 on Saturday with an 11 am encounter with UMass-Lowell at Merrimack College.

Senior forward Beth Maguire (Medfield/Medfield HS) topped a list of three Bentley University field hockey players to earn All-Northeast-10 Conference honors as she was selected by the conference’s coaches to the first team.

After finishing the regular season with seven consecutive wins, the Bentley University Falcons will enter the Northeast-10 Conference field hockey playoffs as the number two seed.

Goals from freshman Becca Moore (Belmont, Mass./Belmont HS), the first of her career, and sophomore Gina Lirange (Auburn, Mass./Auburn HS) accounted for the offense as the Bentley University field hockey team completed the regular season schedule and clinched the number two seed in next week’s Northeast-10 Conference playoffs with a 2-1 win over Southern Connecticut State University at Jess Dow Field Saturday afternoon.

Freshman Sally James (Milwaukee, Wisc./University School of Milwaukee) scored her second goal of the game off a perfectly-executed penalty corner after time expired to give Bentley University, the third-ranked team in the NCAA Division II North Region, a wild 4-3 win over Saint Anselm College in Northeast-10 Conference field hockey Thursday night at Bentley.

Bentley University junior Melissa Martorelli (Holmdel, N.J./Holmdel HS) has been named the Northeast-10 Conference Field Hockey Defensive Player of the Week after her strong performance last week.

Junior Melissa Martorelli (Holmdel, N.J./Holmdel HS), the current Northeast-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Week, had two assists and senior goalie Julia Powell (Southbury, Conn./Pomperaug HS) recorded her fifth shutout of the season as Bentley University topped St. Michael’s College, 3-0, in college field hockey Tuesday night.

Goals by junior Melissa Martorelli (Holmdel, N.J./Holmdel HS) and sophomore Gina Lirange (Auburn/Auburn HS) lifted the Bentley University field hockey team to a 2-0 Senior Day victory over Northeast-10 Conference rival Assumption on Saturday.

Senior Beth Maguire (Medfield, Mass./Medfield HS) and sophomore Gina Lirange (Auburn, Mass./Auburn HS) each had a goal and an assist as Bentley University used three early goals to top Franklin Pierce University, 3-1, in Northeast-10 Conference field hockey action Wednesday afternoon at Sodexho Field.

Freshman Meghan Talerman (Centerville/Barnstable HS) scored the first-half’s only goal with 12:14 left and Bentley University went on to a 3-1 win over American International College in Northeast-10 Conference field hockey Saturday afternoon at Abdow Field

First-half goals by senior Beth Maguire (Medfield/Medfield HS) and freshman Meghan Talerman (Centerville/Barnstable HS), coupled with a standout defensive effort all night, enabled Bentley University to stun visiting UMass-Lowell, the fourth-ranked team in Division II, by a count of 2-0 in Northeast-10 Conference field hockey Thursday.